The Dharma of Cancer, The Reality of Death by Denise Thornton 9/2/08 - I’m grateful for how 30 years of Buddhist practice and taking the teachings to heart prepared me for this cancer journey. Working with this illness and terminal diagnosis has been a daily, moment-to-moment practice of yielding and surrendering to “what is.”

Tibetan Buddhism's next leader? by Barbara Crossette 4/7/08 - The 17th Karmapa, now 22, is now the only major Tibetan lama recognized as a reincarnation of his lineage by both the Dalai Lama and the Chinese government. He could serve as a possible unofficial, transitional successor to the Dalai Lama, who is now in his 70s.

Just the Facts by Chögyam Trungpa - Dharma literally means "truth" or "norm." It is a particular way of thinking, a way of viewing the world, which is not a concept but experience.

Buddhist Economics by E.F. Schumacher 1966 - A classic essay widely understood as a call for an economics of peace. In the essay Schumacher imagines a multitude of vibrant, self-sufficient villages which, from their secure sense of community and place, work together in peace and cooperation.

Inter-dependence Dayby Roshi Joan Halifax 7/4/07 – Podcast: Roshi Joan Halifax retells the history of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and explores the differences and similarities between the concepts of independence and interdependence.

Living Buddha - 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, Part 1 – 12-part film on the discovery and early life of the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, head of the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. Most footage is shot in Tibet. Parts 2 – 12 follow on YouTube.

Turning Prayer into Action- an innovative one-hour TV program connecting the mission of the Bioneers with the wisdom of the Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers in a live dialogue via two-way satellite feed between Dharamsala, India and Northern California.

Light At The Edge Of The World: Himalayas Science Of The Mind - Buddhism asks the fundamental question: What is life and what is the point of existence? Wade Davis goes on an anthropological and spiritual journey into the Himalayas of Nepal to learn the deepest lesson of Buddhist practice. Parts of this documentary feature H.H.Trulshik Rinpoche and Matthieu Ricard. 46 min – 3/07 National Geographic

The Worldwide Web of Belief and Ritual - Wade Davis may be the most articulate and influential western advocate for the world's indigenous cultures, including Tibetan Buddhism. Expressing passionate concern over the rate at which cultures and languages are disappearing -- 50 percent of the world's 6,000 languages are no longer taught to children, he argues that language isn't just a collection of vocabulary and grammatical rules. In fact, "Every language is an old-growth forest of the mind." 19 min – 2/08

Matthieu Ricard: Habits of happiness - What is happiness, and how can we all get some? Buddhist monk, photographer and author Matthieu Ricard has devoted his life to these questions, and his answer is influenced by his faith as well as by his scientific turn of mind: We can train our minds in habits of happiness. Interwoven with his talk are stunning photographs of the Himalayas and of his spiritual community.

Robert A.F. Thurman Biography - Note: Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman is one of my favorite American spokesmen for Buddhadharma because he is uninhibited about commenting on the relationship between the Dharma and what is going on in the world, and he has a mischievous sense of humor.

Bob Thurman: Becoming Buddha -- on the Web - In our hyperlinked world, we can know anything, anytime. And this mass enlightenment, says Bob Thurman, is our first step toward becoming Buddha. When we can know everything, we can see how everything is interconnected -- and we can begin to feel compassion for every living being.

Dispatches /Undercover in TibetChannel 4 British television, 4/4/08 - The indigenous people of Tibet are being imprisoned, tortured, relocated, sterilized, and terrorized by the Chinese government. It looks like genocide.

Feeding Your Demons: Ancient Wisdom for Resolving Inner Conflict by Tsultrim Allione 2008 - Allione brings an eleventh-century Tibetan woman's practice to the West for the first time with Feeding Your Demons, an accessible and effective approach for dealing with negative emotions, fears, illness, and self-defeating patterns. She translates this ancient Eastern practice into a workable form for today's Western psyche, explaining that if we fight our demons, they only grow stronger. But if we feed and nurture them, we can free ourselves from the battle. She also applies these lessons to collective demons in the outer world.

Dharma Rainby Stephanie Kaza & Kenneth Kraft - "The ideas and practices handed down by Shakyamuni Buddha and his followers contain teachings of profound relevance for those who care for the earth..." In many senses, modern consumerism, with its promotion of greed, attachment, and self-centeredness, is the reversal of Buddhist values. The result is that modern Buddhists are moving into social activism, specifically environmentalism, and protecting the world's ecology from the devastation of unchecked consumerism. Dharma Rain is a resource for Buddhist environmentalists.

The spiritual heights of which our species is capable are among the finest flowers of the extraordinary fecundity and goodness of the Earth. It is only fitting that compassion and praise, gratitude and caring pour back from these spiritual heights to nourish the biological fabric from whence they sprang. — John Seed, Rainforest Information Centre